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News from Bree
spymaster@theonering.net
Jul 13 2012, 9:29pm
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A new Tolkien book looms on the horizon
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 The Tolkien scholarly community is afire with curiosity and rumours after it emerged that a new Tolkien book is on the horizon. The book, which we understand will be called The Fall of Arthur appears to be set for a May 2013 release going from pre-order information that inadvertently popped up on the website of retailing giant Amazon. It's possible that it has been edited by Christopher Tolkien, but this is unconfirmed.
The Fall of Arthur is a long, alliterative poem based on Arthurian legends. Some excerpts from it were published in Humphrey Carpenter's biography of JRR Tolkien. It seems it was written in the 1930s. In Letters of JRR Tolkien there is a bare mention of The Fall of Arthur.
I write alliterative verse with pleasure, though I have published little beyond fragments in The Lord of the Rings, except 'The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth'... a dramatic dialogue on the nature of the 'heroic' and the 'chivalrous'. I still hope to finish a long poem on The Fall of Arthur in the same measure. Letter 165, Letters of JRR Tolkien.
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A new Tolkien book looms on the horizon
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News from Bree
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Jul 13 2012, 9:29pm
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What do you hope to see?
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Modtheow
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Jul 14 2012, 2:58am
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Sounds wonderful
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 14 2012, 6:00am
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It is edited by Christopher Tolkien
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 7:45am
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This is super, fantastic news!
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DanielLB
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Jul 14 2012, 8:48am
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What is this obsession with M-e?
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 9:23am
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When a headline says : "New Tolkien book" ...
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DanielLB
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Jul 14 2012, 9:32am
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hmm..
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 9:52am
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For me at the moment Tolkien means ME really
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imin
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Jul 14 2012, 10:37am
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Something I can recommend to get you started -
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 10:57am
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Is it really a poem, or more of an example of linguistic invention?
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squire
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Jul 14 2012, 12:16pm
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I don't know -
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 1:40pm
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Now, this really is exciting...
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dormouse
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Jul 14 2012, 11:32am
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I generally like Tolkien's alliterative verse
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Curious
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Jul 14 2012, 12:50pm
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Great News...
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Malveth The Eternal
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Jul 14 2012, 3:50pm
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It isn't a rumour. //
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 4:16pm
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At the risk of being pelted with turnips...
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dormouse
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Jul 14 2012, 4:26pm
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At least one opinion I've read
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geordie
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Jul 14 2012, 5:05pm
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Good point - but he might have time
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dormouse
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Jul 14 2012, 5:37pm
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Exciting News
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jul 14 2012, 7:09pm
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desideratum meum
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Finrod
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Jul 17 2012, 6:56pm
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I believe that the poem is complete
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jul 17 2012, 7:34pm
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What I'd like to see is more linguistic material ....
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Count Balrog
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Jul 30 2012, 12:45am
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A new linguistic work was published just last week
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jul 30 2012, 2:15pm
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Yes, very exciting!!!
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SirDennisC
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Jul 30 2012, 12:59am
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